1953

Trans-Atlantyk and Ślub (The Wedding) by Witold Gombrowicz, 1984 by George Orwell, Zniewolony umysł (The Captive Mind) and Światło dzienne (The Light of Day) by Czesław Miłosz, Passive Resistance or Liberation? by John Burnham, and Turyści z bocianich gniazd (Stork-nest Tourists) by Czesław Straszewicz.

POLAND

The city of Katowice is renamed Stalinogród.

Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, primate of Poland, is placed under house arrest. Tygodnik Powszechny (Catholic Weekly) is closed down for three years for refusal to publish an obituary of Stalin.